prettier 音标拼音: [pr'ɪtiɚ]
adj . 较美丽
较美丽
Pretty \
Pret "
ty \,
a . [
Compar . {
Prettier };
superl . {
Prettiest }.]
[
OE .
prati ,
AS .
pr [
ae ]
ttig ,
pr [
ae ]
tig ,
crafty ,
sly ,
akin to pr [
ae ]
t ,
pr [
ae ]
tt ,
deceit ,
trickery ,
Icel .
prettugr tricky ,
prettr a trick ;
probably fr .
Latin ,
perhaps through Celtic ;
cf .
W .
praith act ,
deed ,
practice ,
LL .
practica execution ,
practice ,
plot .
See {
Practice }.]
1 .
Pleasing by delicacy or grace ;
attracting ,
but not striking or impressing ;
of a pleasing and attractive form a color ;
having slight or diminutive beauty ;
neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur ;
pleasingly ,
but not grandly ,
conceived or expressed ;
as ,
a pretty face ;
a pretty flower ;
a pretty poem .
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This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward . --
Shak .
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2 .
Moderately large ;
considerable ;
as ,
he had saved a pretty fortune . "
Wavering a pretty while ." --
Evelyn .
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3 .
Affectedly nice ;
foppish ; --
used in an ill sense .
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The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world . --
Spectator .
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4 .
Mean ;
despicable ;
contemptible ; --
used ironically ;
as ,
a pretty trick ;
a pretty fellow .
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5 .
Stout ;
strong and brave ;
intrepid ;
valiant . [
Scot .]
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[
He ]
observed they were pretty men ,
meaning not handsome . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Syn :
Elegant ;
neat ;
fine .
See {
Handsome }.
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